Trumped

In a tale of intrigue that invokes images of the Lone Ranger and Tonto and the
poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, a swashbuckling, reckless and sometimes witless
President Trump pilots Air Force One to Iran and North Korea where he takes out
the leaders of both countries with the help of a private detective named Holmes.
Returning to the White House, instead of the expected hero's welcome, Trump fi nds
he has been fi red because of Russia's manipulation of America's voting machines,
on evidence which includes the following clandestine exchange between operatives
known only as Sore Throat and Cough Drop:
Sore Throat: " We must get our agents into Trump University's voting
machine installation and repair programs. Our graduates
shall then go forth and conquer."
Cough Drop: "Can they pay the tuition?"
Sore Throat: "No. There must be scholarships."
Cough Drop: "What about room and board?"
Sore Throat: "Must be free as well."
Cough Drop: "Books?"
Sore Throat: "Russians don't read."
Cough Drop: "Good. We're all set."
Sore Throat: "Wait. Russians do eat. What about a meal plan?"
Cough Drop: "Done."
Trump himself then continues the discussion with Sore Throat and adds a year's
supply of Trump steaks and Trump wine to make sure the deal is sealed.
After going into seclusion to collect his thoughts, Trump joins with Vladimir Putin
and has an assassin kill the new president, but after a conversation with Putin,
in which Putin recalls that Benjamin Franklin said that if more than one person
knows a secret it's no secret, the assassin is assassinated, leaving only Trump and
Putin with knowledge of the facts. Trump then assassinates Putin, signing off with
"Vlad, old boy, what Franklin actually said was that three may keep a secret if two
of them are dead."
About the Author
Francis J. Roche has degrees in history and law and is an attorney with
nearly half a century of experience in the law and the inane. Roche lives
and works in upstate New York.